quotations about strength
Strength comes from solitude, a waiting, a communion with the best in us, which is at one with the divine spark.
ELBERT HUBBARD
The American Bible
The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength--and strength alone.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
speech, July 3, 1951
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.
ELBERT HUBBARD
The American Bible
The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
OVID
Tristia
Strength avails not a coward.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum
And rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum
BOB DYLAN
"Lay Down Your Weary Tune"
The strongest may have need of more strength.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
To demand of strength that it should not express itself as strength, that it should not be a desire to overcome, a desire to throw down, a desire to become master, a thirst for enemies and resistances and triumphs, is just as absurd as to demand of weakness that it should express itself as strength.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Genealogy of Morals
The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
Where one has been saved by a true estimation of another's weakness, thousands have been destroyed by a false appreciation of their own strength.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.
HAVELOCK ELLIS
attributed, Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations
Most of us, I believe, admire strength. It's something we tend to respect in others, desire for ourselves, and wish for our children. Sometimes, though, I wonder if we confuse strength and other words--like aggression and even violence. Real strength is neither male nor female; but is, quite simply, one of the finest characteristics that any human being can possess.
FRED ROGERS
The World According to Mister Rogers
As our heart summons our strength, our wisdom must direct it.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
State of the Union Address, February 2, 1953
I didn't know my own strength
And I crashed down, and I tumbled
But I did not crumble
WHITNEY HOUSTON
"I Didn't Know My Own Strength"
Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.
STEVE MARABOLI
Life, the Truth, and Being Free
The measure of a man's estimate of your strength is the kind of weapons he feels that he must use in order to hold you fast in a prescribed place.
HOWARD THURMAN
The Luminous Darkness: A Personal Interpretation of the Anatomy of Segregation and the Ground of Hope
I am strong to-day, because I have been long with one who is stronger
ELSA BARKER
Letters from a Living Dead Man
Strength is the boy or girl down the hall from me in the hospital who is laughing and coloring just a few days after open-heart surgery.
BRITTANY FOSTER
"It's Time to Redefine What Strength Really Means", Pulmonary Hypertension News, June 20, 2017
"Strength" is the new "skinny", and strength training can compliment anyone in any sport they choose.
ROXANNE HOOPER
"50-year-old Langley lifter proves anything can happen", Langley Advance, July 11, 2017
Never be afraid to expose a weakness in yourself. Exposing a weakness is the beginning of strength.
ROBERT ANTHONY
Beyond Positive Thinking